The Good Photography Books

I'm in the process of re-reading the Tao of Photography by Phil Gross and SI Shapiro. It's a book that I've had for a few years. I read it when I bought it, then I re-read it a couple of years ago and now I'm re-reading it again. Sometimes it's uplifting, sometimes it reminds me of …

What's a good photography book? A good book is a book that I can read again and again.

There are very few technical books that can do that for me. One of the very rare book is Syl Arena's Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites. It's not that I don't buy technical books, Martin Evening and Scott Kelby have made a lot of their “fortune” on me.

I also buy are some location guides, even if I have no plan on going there “right now”, these books usually are printed in small runs and go out of print, then that's it, never to be printed again.

  • A “good” photography book will change my mind.
  • A “good” photography book will make me take different photographs.
  • A “good” photography book will make me experiment.
  • A “good” photography book will open my mind to different possibilities.
  • A “good” photography book will open my mind to different point of views.

I will not buy any book that goes: “I'm so much better than you, so bow in respect.” There are a few “famous photographers” that are like that. Yes, they are talented, yes, I will look at their photos but I will never buy any of their stuff…

I have not bought any Kindle book and as afar I remember, I only bought one e-book. I refuse to buy them. Many, many of the Kindle books are more expensive than the actual physical book. This is a swindle!

Books

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Here are some of the books that I consider “good books” in no particular order.

Please note that I'm not including any McNally book like the Hot Shoe Diaries. They are excellent but they are “too Nikon” for me, I use Canon flashes.